Germany and Britain both want the same thing: to get Major Bill Martin’s briefcase into the hands of the Nazis. But will Operation Mincemeat’s ploy survive a reckless chauffeur, an inquisitive coroner and the rule-abiding Spanish Navy?
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Apr 2025
The Spy Who Duped Hitler | Hook, Line and Sinker | 3
<p>With 160,000 Allied troops about to invade Sicily, the Operation Mincemeat team hunt for signs that the Nazis fell for their con. But are the Germans fooled, or about to turn Britain’s double cross against the Allies?</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/priv ... Show More
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Apr 2025
The Spy Who Duped Hitler | Making a Musical out of Mincemeat | 4
<p>David Cumming, writer, actor, composer and originator of Operation Mincemeat: The Musical, transformed one of WWII’s most surreal tales—a corpse planted with fake intelligence to mislead the Nazis—into an all-singing, all-dancing West End sensation. Our host, Charlie Higson sp ... Show More
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Aug 2024
Hitler’s Olympics, Part 8: “Vater, It is to be Fayetteville”
In the early 1930s, a young German law student spent a year in Arkansas, studying American “race law.” The fight over the 1936 Games provided Americans with a chance to study Nazi Germany. But it turns out the Nazis were studying us too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in ... Show More
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Sep 2024
Episode 365 - Virginia Hall: The WW2 Super Spy
<p>Nicknamed "Artemis" and "The Limping Lady" by Nazi Germany, Virginia Hall was, without a doubt, one of the most effective—and certainly the most feared—Allied spies during the Second World War. She helped countless POWs escape and funneled a constant stream of weapons into and ... Show More
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Carlos the Jackal is Captured
<p>August 14, 1994. Carlos the Jackal, the world’s most wanted terrorist, is captured in Sudan. This episode originally aired in 2023.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>Support the show!</strong> Join <a href="https://intohistory.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_bla ... Show More
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